Research Article
The Effect of Daily Walnut Consumption on Dyslipidemia
Table 1
Baseline values of demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, and blood lipid parameters between control and subject groups.
| Variable | Control group () | Subject group () | MVU-t value | value |
| Gender (male/female) | 24 (33.3%)/48 (66.7%) | 25 (34.2%)/48 (65.8%) | | | Age (years) | 40.7 ± 9.59 | 41.0 ± 10.84 | −0.16 | 0.87 | Height | 167.4 ± 9.10 | 166.8 ± 8.20 | 2.56 | 0.79 | Weight (kg) | 85.0 ± 13.18 | 86.3 ± 11.17 | 2.80 | 0.48 | BMI (kg/m2) | 30.1 ± 2.91 | 30.9 ± 2.55 | 2.97 | 0.16 | WC (cm) | 103.5 ± 9.36 | 104.4 ± 9.84 | 2.75 | 0.61 | TC (mg/dl) | 251.5 ± 27.54 | 249.2 ± 39.16 | 2.30 | 0.20 | HDL (mg/dl) | 48.5 ± 9.57 | 47.0 ± 10.16 | 0.97 | 0.33 | LDL (mg/dl) | 152.2 ± 16.31 | 152.2 ± 15.92 | 2.64 | 0.95 | VLDL (mg/dl) | 49.5 ± 13.63 | 49.9 ± 14.55 | 2.63 | 0.97 | TG (mg/dl) | 247.5 ± 68.16 | 249.6 ± 72.61 | 2.63 | 0.98 |
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MVU-t, Mann–Whitney U test; Independent samples t-test- t value; BMI, Body Mass Index; WC, waist circumference; TC, total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. |